"That is strange to me indeed. Only Elves who have reached a very great age grow beards, and I have never met such an elf in all my years."

As she bends down to clean the cloth once more, she peeks beneath his chin. The "stubble" grows there, too.

"It seems your people are unalike mine in many ways." More, even, than she had once thought. "Tell me, do humans grow hair in other, different places?"